Device for watering live stock



No. 623,382. Patented Apr. I8, i899. L. PRAY.

DEVICE FOB WATERING LIVE STOUK.

(Application tiled Hay 27, 189B.)

(No Model.)

lUNirnn STATES vPATENT Fries..

LEWIS PRAY, OF NOBLE, IOVA.

DEVICE FOR WATERING LIVE STOCK.v

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,382, dated April18, 1899.

Application filed May 27,1898. Serial No. 681,882. (No model.)A

To @ZZ whom, t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, LEWIS PRAY, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of the township of Noble, in the county of Cassand State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDevices for lVatering Live Stock7 of which the followrllhe objects ofinyinvention are to provide a drinking vessel for live stock, which willbe 'automatically supplied with water from a reservoir as it is consumedby the stock; also, to provide a float for controlling the valve of thesupply-pipe of the drinking vessel that will operate in freezingweather, and also, to prevent ice from forming in freezingweather nearthe sides or casing of that part of the drinking vessel from which thestock drink. I attain these objects by the device illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a top or plan viewof mydevice for watering live stock, having the cover of the drinking vesselopen. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the drinking vessel, having itscover closed and having parts of its sides and of the partition thereincut away to show the channels for conveying hot air. Fig. 3 is a rearview in elevation of the drinking vessel with the float removed andhaving a portion of its casing cut away to show the interior thereof andhaving a portion of the side of the hot-air channel in the partitiontherein cut away to show the partition in said channel. Fig. 4 is anenlarged detailed view of the iioat, havinga portion 0f its side cutawayto show the lamp therein. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detailed plan view ofthe valve chest or chamber. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detailed longitudinalsectional view of the valve chest cr chamberJ taken on line mfr, Fig. 5,showing the valve and screen therein; and Fig. 7 is a bottom view of thepartition in the drinking vessel.

Similar letters referto similar parts throughout the several views.

A is a drinking vessel. rear portions thereof project above that partthereof from which the stock drink. That part of the vessel containingthe iioat is provided with a cover o, which is hinged by the hinges e'to the strip o.

F is a partition extending across the vessel and is provided at itslower part with a hotair channel m. The channel m is enlarged at one endfor the reception of the pipes a and b and is provided between the pipesd and b', which open therein, with an air-tight partition t. 1

That part of the drinking vessel A in front of the partition F isprovided with the hotair channel n at its top, which opens into andcommunicates with the channel m. The upper surface of the water in thedrinking vessel bears against'the channels m and n.

O is the float, constructed hollow and open at its top. It is providedwith the tubes c for supplying the lamp with air, which extend downwardbelow the flame of the lamp and open at their lower ends into the iioatand with the arms d firmly secured thereto, which have their outer endsbent so as to loosely enter the perforated ears t', secured to thedrinking vessel, thereby hinging-the float to the vessel. from itsmiddle portion downward, thereby increasing its lifting power as thewater rises around it.

E is a lamp which rests within the float and is provided with thechimney d'.

G is a swinging tubular arm which is provided at its outer end with thehood e. Its inner end loosely enters the pipeb, forming the joint o. Thehood when the lamp is in use rests just above the lamp-chimney, but whenit is desired to remove the lamp from the float for any purpse the armcan be swung and the hood removed from over the lamp and iioat.

w is a tubular screw-plug which passes The middle and1 The iioat isconstructed tapering through the bottom of the vessel A. It admits airinto that portion of the vessel containing the float, and it can beremoved when it is desired to let the water escapefrom the vessel forthe purpose of cleaning it.

fis the handle of the cover t'.

B is a water-reservoir of ordinary construction.

H is a supply-pipe for the drinking vessel, having its ends threaded.

g and 7L are perforated threaded plates which screw onto the end of thesupply-pipe H. The plate g bears against the outer side of the vesseland the plate h against its inner side.

D is a valve chest or chamber. Its casing is composed of two separablepieces aV and l?, which screw together. The pieces a and are eachthreaded on the inside of their outer ends, and the piece a is screwedonto the end of the pipe H. The piece h is provided within with theshoulder d, against which the screen t rests, and the piece cis providedwithin with the shoulder s, which forms the valve-seat.

m is a hinged valve provided with the eyebolt g.

71, is a leather disk to whiclrthe valve is hinged in the ordinarymanner, and is preferably constructed in the ordinary manner integralwith the valve.

f is a removable tubular stay bearing at one end against the screen tand at the other end against the disk h', thereby holding both the valveand screen in position. f

s is a rod for operating the valve, which extends into the pipe H and ishinged at 'its outer end to the float by means of having its outer endbent so as to pass loosely through the perforated ear n', secured to theiioat, and is hinged at its inner end to the valve by means of havingits inner end bent so as to pass loosely through the eye in the bolt g.

When the waterreservoir and drinking vessel are located within a fewfeet of each other, the valve-chest is placed within the reservoir, asshown in Fig. l but when they are not so located then the screen isremoved from the valve-chamber and a pipe is screwed into the outer endof the piece b and extended into the water-reservoir wherever it may belocated.

The float, valve, and rod connecting the float and valve are so adjustedthat when the drinking vessel is sufficiently full of water the valvewill be closed and when not the valve will be opened.

In cold weather the lamp is kept burning within the ioat, and therebyheats the float and water surrounding it to such an extent that itprevents the water which comes in contact with the float from freezingin the coldest weather, and thus prevents the icewhich may form upon thesurface of the water within the vessel containing the float fromadhering to the float and hinderingits operation. The

hot air which escapes from the float and lampchimney passes into thetubular arm G and thence down the pipe h/ and through the channel n intothe channel m, from which it escapes through the pipe a', therebykeeping the surface of the water around its edge, contained in that partof the vessel from which the stock drink, suiiciently warm to prevent itfrom freezing in the coldest weather.

If the ice forms upon the surface of the water :in that part of thevessel from which the stock drink, it is prevented by the hot air whichcirculates through the channels from adhering to the vessel and isthereby caused to float upon the surface of the water and can be readilypushed down into the water by the stock when they desire to drink.

The operation of my device is apparent, as

it is evident that an upward movement of the iioat will close the valveand a downward movement open it, and that when the water is beingconsumed by the stock the oat will fall and open the valve, and thatwhen the stock cease to consume the water it will rise in the drinkingvessel and cause the iioat to move upward until the valve is closed, andfurther evident that when the lamp is burning the hot air will circulatethrough the channels, as before explained herein.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-Y l. The combination of the reservoir, thedrinking vessel having channels for the conveyance of hot air, theheated float hinged to the vessel, the means for conveying the hot airfrom ,the heated float to the channels, the supply-pipe, the valveconnected with supply-pipe, and the rod connecting the valve with thehinged float, substantially as described.

2. A drinking vessel for live stock having, within its side walls andforming a part there-l of, channels adapted for the conveyance of hotair therein, substantially as described.

3. A drinking vessel for live stock provided with hot-air channelslocated within its side walls and forming a part thereof, and with meansfor heating the air and conducting it to and from the channels,substantially as described.

4. The combination of the drinking vessel, the hot-air channels locatedwithin the sidewalls of the vessel and forming a part of the walls, theair-pipes leading into and from the channels, and the means for heatingthe air which circulates through the channels, substantially asdescribed.

5. The combination of the drinking vessel, the hot-air channels locatedwithin the side walls of the vessel and forming a part of the walls, thetubular swinging arm communicating with, and extending from thechannels, and the lamp located under the outer end of the tubular arm,substantially as described.

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G. A valve-chest having a case composed of tWo separable parts, andprovided With a removable stay for holding,` the Valve in position,substantially as described.

7. The combination of the valve-chest case lar removable stay forholding,` the Valve in position, the Valve, and the means for operatingthe valve, substantially as described.

Signed by me atthe city of Atlantic, in the I5 county of Cass and Stateof Iowa, this 25d day composed of two separable pieces threaded at ofMay, A. D. 1898.

their ends, the tubular removable stay for holding the valve inposition, and the valve, substantially as described.

S. The combination of the Valve-chest ease composed of two separablepieces, the tubu- LEWIS PRAY.

lVitnesses:

CHARLES T. WoNoNs, B. L. GARRETSON.

